Guest column: Allen Coage, my hero, our hero
Wrestling fans are familiar with the career of Bad News Allen / Bad News Brown. He was one tough...
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Tag: Olympic Games
Bad News Allen dies suddenly
Former Olympic judo bronze medalist Allen Coage — better known to wrestling fans as Bad News...
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Olympic boycott still haunts Rheingans
Brad Rheingans knew he was in over his head. Just a short while into his pro career, after the...
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Former NWA champ Dick Hutton dies
His first bout was a loss to Wild Bill Longson in 1952. Strangler Lewis, who acted as the manager...
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From the Olympics to the Pros
OLYMPIAN STORIES Mad Dog Vachon, 1948 Bob Roop, 1968 Danny Hodge, 1952, 1956 Bad News...
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Mark Henry: Two-time Olympian
Going into the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, Mark Henry was considered one of the favourites in...
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Earl McCready was great, amateur or pro
REAL NAME: Earl McCready 238 pounds BORN: June 15, 1908 in Landsdowne, Ontario DIED: December 9,...
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Chris Taylor: The giant Olympian
Chris Taylor was the biggest Olympian ever in 1972, competing in freestyle wrestling in Munich,...
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For Hodge, Olympics meant meeting people
For Danny Hodge, it was meeting athletes from other countries that really stood out from his...
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Bad News on his judo bronze medal
Allen Coage has some Bad News to share. He doesn’t have his Olympic bronze medal anymore....
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Olympics just another step for Bob Roop
Getting to the Olympics as a Greco-Roman heavyweight was a natural progression for Bob Roop. He...
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Young Olympian was not yet a Mad Dog
When people think of Mad Dog Vachon, they think of a wild, snarling beast, wreaking havoc inside...
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